After reading chapter two in Warlick’s book, I decided to research the multimedia search engine http://multimedia.alltheweb.com/ I ofund this site extremely useful. It works like google in the sense that you can research topics and find images, but you can also search the news, audio clips, and video clips. I read the section “about us” on the site, and it gave me more information about this multimedia search engine.
Alltheweb.com “combines one of the largest and freshest indices with the most powerful search features that allow anyone to find anything faster than with any other search engine.” Alltheweb is powered by yahoo, and it provides users with millions of PDF and Microsoft word files. This site also allows you to specialize your search, and it can be done in 36 different languages.
The most interesting part of Alltheweb is the news search. By using this option, you can get up to date news reports. This could be extremely helpful for students.
After researching this site, I though about Steven Johnson’s article “Don’t Fear the Digital.” In this other article, (look at my other post for more detail) he talks about how many adults don’t see the benefits of the digital world. But after looking at the alltheweb site, I see just how wrong adults are. This site offers advanced and up-to-date services that allow people to stay in contacts with what is going on in the world.
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